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W. M. C. Boller Co. was a small soda manufacturer in College Point NY in the late 1890's-early 1900's. This is one of their bottles which was made using a Tombstone Slug Plate for the embossing.
In situ.
Cleaned up. (Stopper still works!)
Found in NYC. It was likely produced in the late 1890's to turn of the century as College Point was incorporated into NYC along with Queens County in 1898 and the bottle refers to the location as 'NY' and not Long Island as it would have before 1898.
It is a Hutchinson type bottle which used a metal and rubber plunger to hold in the soda pressure. This was one of the first bottles to replace cork-tops. The user would open it by slamming their hand on the plunger breaking the pressure-seal. They were produced between 1879-1912.
In situ.
Cleaned up. (Stopper still works!)
Found in NYC. It was likely produced in the late 1890's to turn of the century as College Point was incorporated into NYC along with Queens County in 1898 and the bottle refers to the location as 'NY' and not Long Island as it would have before 1898.
It is a Hutchinson type bottle which used a metal and rubber plunger to hold in the soda pressure. This was one of the first bottles to replace cork-tops. The user would open it by slamming their hand on the plunger breaking the pressure-seal. They were produced between 1879-1912.
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